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10 product manager interview
questions you should definitely
use
©Robert Drury@rjd203
How do you measure the success of a
product manager?
11
©Robert Drury@rjd203
If you come across a company with no
product manager, how do you convince
them they need one?
2
©Robert Drury@rjd203
Where do your skills lie as a product
manager?
3
©Robert Drury@rjd203
Why does your current product exist?
4
©Robert Drury@rjd203
A sales person gives you a request from
a customer, what do you do with it?
5
©Robert Drury@rjd203
How do you go about understanding
your customers?
6
©Robert Drury@rjd203
Tell me about how a new feature gets
briefed into the tech team?
7
©Robert Drury@rjd203
Everyone’s backlog is too big. How do
you priortise yours?
8
©Robert Drury@rjd203
What’s the hardest part of being a
Product Manager in your current
organisation?
9a
©Robert Drury@rjd203
And what are you doing to change
this?
9b
©Robert Drury@rjd203
Tell me about the most surprising thing
you have learned from your customers?
10
©Robert Drury@rjd203
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10 questions to ask when recruiting a product manager

  • 1. 10 product manager interview questions you should definitely use ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 2. How do you measure the success of a product manager? 11 ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 3. If you come across a company with no product manager, how do you convince them they need one? 2 ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 4. Where do your skills lie as a product manager? 3 ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 5. Why does your current product exist? 4 ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 6. A sales person gives you a request from a customer, what do you do with it? 5 ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 7. How do you go about understanding your customers? 6 ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 8. Tell me about how a new feature gets briefed into the tech team? 7 ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 9. Everyone’s backlog is too big. How do you priortise yours? 8 ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 10. What’s the hardest part of being a Product Manager in your current organisation? 9a ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 11. And what are you doing to change this? 9b ©Robert Drury@rjd203
  • 12. Tell me about the most surprising thing you have learned from your customers? 10 ©Robert Drury@rjd203